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It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.
Sophie Swetchine
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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
Diarist
Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Happy
Sorrows
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Sorrow
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Infinite
Life
Limits
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Knowledge
Constrain
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Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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